[HanCinema's Film Review] "Dongsimcho" @ HanCinema :: The Korean Movie and Drama Database
2021/02/05 Shin Sang-ok definitely moved over it with "Dongsimcho", a movie that does make a comment about the state of women in Korea in the 50s, but overall, falls victim to its intense sentimentalism and excessive story. Lee Sook-hee is a 38-year-old widow who lost her husband in the Korean War, and is now living with her only daughter, Kyeong-hee, trying to make ends meet after the dress shop she was running failed, following her getting conned out of all her money. Her situation would be even more dire if the brother of a friend, Kim Sang-gyoo, had not had loaned some money to fend off ...